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Psychological trauma still haunts Chengdu residents as a result of the Wenchuan earthquake. Rumors have sparked widespread public panic, and many suffer anxiety that the ground beneath them is still shaking.

With a high possibility that Tangjiashan landslide-dammed lake will burst, securing hundreds of thousands of lives has become the foremost priority for Chinese officials working around the clock to avert a secondary disaster after the May 12 earthquake.

Policymakers have split up the monumental task of building one million transitional homes over the next three months. Meanwhile, real esate projects damaged by the quake have left homeowners and borrowers in limbo.